2013 Korean Grand Prix

The appearance of the Safety Car in the middle of the race played into the hands of some drivers and spoiled the race for others.

It worked out best for Kimi Raikkonen, who’d made what turned out to be his final pit stop four laps before it came in. That stop jumped him ahead of Nico Hulkenberg, and the Safety Car got him ahead of Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton as well.

“People might say it was good luck with the safety car, but sometimes these things go with you and others they go against you,” said Raikkonen afterwards.

“We made up some places even before that happened, and if we hadn?óÔé¼Ôäót had the speed then we wouldn?óÔé¼Ôäót have been in a position to take advantage. You could see at the end that we had more than enough pace to keep the others behind, so I think it?óÔé¼Ôäós deserved.”

Raikkonen certainly helped himself when the opportunity presented itself – such as his team mate’s lap 37 error in the penultimate corner, which he opportunistically took advantage on to claim second place. For the second race in a row Raikkonen started in the middle of the pack and finished on the podium.

Korean Grand Prix lap chart

The positions of each driver on every lap. Use the control below to show/hide different drivers:

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/charts/2013drivercolours.csv

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Korean Grand Prix race chart

The gaps between each driver on every lap. Use the control below to show/hide different drivers:

I think it’s referring to the strategy going on, in that without the safety car they may not have pitted, which may have left him vulnerable later in the race, however, as it was, it secured his position.

If I remember correctly Kimi didn’t pit during the 1st safety car period (having done that a few laps earlier, so he was in 3rd when everyone else did. At least this is how i remember, but I mcould be wrong

Gets up to 3rd, get a puncture, pits twice in 2 laps, out of rubber so fits Options, out of top ten, no way he was going to make it to the end without pitting again, gets crashed by no fault of his own, and the car catches fire so badly, that it’s completely ruined.

5 minutes… all of that. For a guy that’s short of motivation, it must be a big blow on the chin.

Reason why Webber did not lead the lap where he pitted is probably because the Red Bull pit box is the first, and so before the finish line. If it was after the finish line, Webber may have crossed it first.

Exactly, in fact I remember they had to change the pit lane entry line in Silverstone (last time they modified the track) because the teams found out that the fastest lap time was achieved by going into the pits at the end of the lap instead of completing the lap in the track.

@davidnotcoulthard yep, a grand Chelem is defined by leading every lap of a race. Since he crossed the finish line of every lap in first place, he lead every lap for both of them and so along with his two poles and two fastest laps takes back-to-back grand Chelem’s! :D